Category: Director’s Blog
2024 United Airlines NYC Half

Join Samaritans BE A FRIEND Running Team & Help Save Lives!  Samaritans has a limited number of guaranteed entries as a charity partner with the New York Road Runners for the 2024 United Airlines NYC Half. When you sign-up to run the 2024 United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday, March 17, 2024 as a member of Samaritans “Be A Friend”

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Announcing a New Suicide Loss Survivor Group

Starting this month: Samaritans + NAMI-NYC METRO are excited to announce the launch of a new support group is for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. This non-clinical, peer support group will offer a needed space for people to share their stories, process their grief, and find solace in a community that understands the complexity of this

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Support Group Update: In-Person & Virtual!

We are excited to announce that Safe Place will be available in person & remote! Safe Place Meetings are scheduled the first Wednesday and the third Tuesday of each month. The first Wednesday meeting (July, 5th) will continue to be a VIRTUAL group via ZOOM from 7-8:30pm. You must register in order to receive the link for the meeting. The third Tuesday

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Finding Our Way During the Coronavirus Outbreak

During these remarkable times that few of us could have imagined, we are all being challenged to adapt and adjust, which is what we are focusing on at Samaritans these days. For the first time since we were established in 1982, we have been forced to put our suicide prevention hotline on “temporary hold,” something that never happened, even in

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